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Theories of Education

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these functionalists theorists do not mention the role of education?

a)

Parsons

b)

Durkheim

c)

Murdock

d)

Davis and Moore

2.

The term used to describe everyone agreeing on the same core beliefs is:

a)

A value consensus

b)

Hidden Curriculum

c)

Meritocracy

d)

Myth of meritocracy

3.

The term used to describe everyone having equal opportunities to succeed is:

a)

Social Solidarity

b)

Meritocracy

c)

Compensatory Education

d)

Value Consensus

4.

According to Parsons, what types of standard are learnt through the family?

a)

Universalistic

b)

Hidden Curriculum

c)

Social Solidarity

d)

Particularistic

5.

According to Marxist Althusser, teachers form part of the:

a)

Law

b)

Repressive State Apparatus

c)

Ideological State Apparatus

d)

Police

6.

According to Althusser, what is responsible for controlling the hearts and the minds of the working class?

a)

Hidden Curriculum

b)

Their own minds

c)

Classmates

d)

Formal Curriculum

7.

The key term associated with Bowles and Gintis is:

a)

Role Allocation

b)

The Correspondence Principle

c)

Social Solidarity

d)

Meritocracy

8.

According to feminists, the curriculum is:

a)

Hidden

b)

Patriarchal

c)

Equal

d)

Formal

9.

Lobban believes that the main reason why education reinforces patriarchal values is down to:

a)

The hidden curriculum

b)

Subject choices

c)

The teachers

d)

Children's books

10.

Postmodernists believe that education should be based on:

a)

A value consensus

b)

Inequality

c)

Flexibility and Choice

d)

Exploitation